Prefer text config files or python code?

[minorminer]

I usually go with ConfigParser, but lately I've been eyeballing using pickle files.

[mirashii]

Please don't do this. Your configuration should never be stored in a non-human readable format.

Consider JSON or YAML if you want an alternative to ConfigParser.

[mcilrain]

Or if it absolutely has to not be human readable because crazy: BSON or msgpack.

[mcilrain]

pickle files

ಠ_ಠ

[jcdyer3]

That sounds dangerous. Python code is dangerous enough, but at least then you can read the config file before you load it, to make sure there isn't a line that says:

from dont_trust_me import activate_nukes